Exactly 230 of the 3,100 liberal arts professionals employed in North Carolina, work in Sanford. Between 2006 and 2010, in Sanford, there has been a 15% growth in the number of liberal arts professionals. As the employment for liberal arts professionals in Sanford has increased, overall employment in Sanford has also increased.

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In Sanford, salaries for liberal arts professionals have increased. Sanford liberal arts professionals made $56,200 per year, on average, in 2010. Four years earlier in 2006, liberal arts professionals in Sanford made an average salary of $54,710 per year. This growth is slower than the salary trend for all careers in Sanford.

Liberal arts professionals in Sanford make a median yearly salary of $55,500. The difference in pay between the liberal arts professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 84%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $39,840 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $73,420 per year.

On average liberal arts professionals in Sanford earn salaries that are higher than the salaries earned by other professionals in Sanford.

Many of Sanford's liberal arts professionals are graduates of the only accredited liberal arts school in the city.

Sanford's liberal arts schools offer 3 liberal arts degree and certificate programs.

In 2010 approximately 96 students completed liberal arts courses.